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Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  Bulletin 

Vol.  I September  15,  1917  No.  17 

ANNOUNCEMENT 

OF 

WINTER  SHORT  COURSES 

IN 

AGRICULTURE  AND  RURAL  ENGINEERING 

AT  THE 

KANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE 

JANUARY  7 TO  MARCH  2 
1918 


MANHATTAN,  KANSAS 
PUBLISHED  BY  THE  COLLEGE 


Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  Bulletin 


Vol.  I 


September  15,  1917 


No.  17 


ANNOUNCEMENT 

OF 

WINTER  SHORT  COURSES 


IN 

AGRICULTURE 
COMMERCIAL  CREAMERY 
ROAD  BUILDING 
SHOP  WORK 
TRACTION  ENGINES 

AT  THE 

KANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL 
COLLEGE 

JANUARY  7 TO  MARCH  2 
1918 


MANHATTAN,  KANSAS 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  COLLEGE 


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In  the  production  of  the  crops  represented,  adequately  supplemented  by  livestock,  lie  the  possibilities  of  the  state  for  increased  prosperity  and  progress. 


Field  of  Kanred  Wheat  on  the  College  Farm,  July,  1916. 

This  is  a new  strain  of  wheat  developed  by  the  Kansas  Agricultural  Experiment  Sta- 
tion, the  increase  from  a single  head.  In  many  tests  over  the  western  half  of  the  state 
during  the  last  seven  years  it  has  outyielded  the  best  local  varieties  of  wheat  an  average 
of  over  four  bushels  per  acre. 


WINTER  SHORT  COURSES. 


THE  SHORT  COURSES  AND  THE  WAR. 

WE  ARE  ALL  ENGAGED  in  a monstrous  war  for  international 
justice  and  individual  freedom.  It  is  a serious  struggle  in  which 
the  common  right  of  liberty  and  the  standards  of  modern  democratic 
civilization  are  at  stake.  Each  one  must  do  his  part  faithfully.  Tis 
not  so  far,  after  all,  to  the  battle  front,  and  the  connection  is  very  direct 
from  the  foremost  trench  to  the  agricultural  workers  of  Kansas.  While 
friends  and  relatives  are  taking  their  chance  in  the  trenches,  Kansas 
farmers,  with  steady  nerve,  must  do  their  part. 

The  Agricultural  College  is  leading  the  way  to  improved  methods  of 
agricultural  production  in  Kansas.  It  is  ready  to  help  all  young  men 
not  with  the  colors  to  be  of  the  greatest  possible  service  behind  the  lines. 
The  eight-week  winter  short  courses  present  an  exceptional  opportunity 
for  young  men  of  the  state  to  prepare  for  greater  usefulness  and  patri- 
otic service.  Many  who  have  had  little  or  no  high-school  training  and 
are  not  prepared  to  do  regular  college  work,  as  well  as  many  others  who 
can  not  be  spared  from  the  farms  of  the  state  for  even  one  semester 
(18  weeks)  during  the  year,  can  arrange  to  take  short-course  work  dur- 

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Kansas  State  Agricultural  College. 


A Pen  of  Steers. 

These  steers  made  a good  showing  in  the  cattle-feeding  experiment,  ending  May  30,  1917. 
They  were  fed  on  shelled  corn,  oil  meal,  and  sweet  clover  hay. 


ing  the  months  of  January  and  February  and  can  be  greatly  benefited 
thereby.  All  short-course  work  is  intensely  practical  and  gives  results 
quickly.  Students  return  to  their  farms  or  shops  in  the  spring  and  apply 
at  once  the  information  and  skill  acquired  during  the  winter. 


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THE  SHORT  COURSE  IN  AGRICULTURE. 

( The  Farmers*  Short  Course.) 

The  faculty  and  equipment  for  instruction  in  agriculture  at  the  Kan- 
sas Agricultural  College  compare  favorably  with  any  institution  in  its 
line  in  the  country.  The  faculty  is  made  up  of  men  not  only  well  pre- 
pared in  the  science  of  agriculture,  but  with  many  years  of  practical 
farm  experience  themselves.  They  are  in  close  touch  with  actual  farm 
problems  of  to-day  through  the  management  of  farms  of  their  own,  the 
carrying  out  of  experiment  station  projects  on  the  five  state  experimental 
farms,  embracing  more  than  five  thousand  acres  of  Kansas  farm  land, 
and  extension  and  cooperative  work  with  farmers  all  over  the  state. 
They  are  men  prepared  both  by  theory  and  practice  to  teach  the  business 
of  farming. 

Over  one  thousand  acres  of  land  located  within  two  miles  of  the  Agri- 
cultural College  are  devoted  to  educational  and  experimental  purposes. 
Eighty  thousand  dollars  is  now  available  for  the  purchase  of  additional 
land.  Young  farmers  desiring  to  become  better  farmers,  the  best  farm- 
ers of  their  respective  communities,  can  not  afford  to  miss  the  Farmers’ 
Short  Course  at  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College.  The  entire  plant 
of  the  college  is  available  for  the  use  of  short-course  students — sixteen 
buildings  with  classrooms  and  laboratories  equipped  for  adequate  and 


Winter  Short  Courses. 


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systematic  instruction;  fields  of  grain  and  forage  crops  showing  ex- 
ceptional development;  herds  of  purebred  livestock,  including  a large 
number  of  champion  animals;  a large  stock-judging  pavilion  for  class 
use;  a poultry  farm  of  eight  acres,  with  modern  equipment  and  repre- 
sentatives of  the  leading  breeds  of  poultry  found  on  Kansas  farms;  a 
creamery,  orchards,  greenhouses,  silos,  and  all  kinds  of  modern  ma- 
chinery. 

With  leaders  in  the  farming  business  as  instructors,  and  with  an 
equipment  intended  to  stimulate  present-day  successful  farming,  the 
Agricultural  College  is  a source  of  improved  farm  practices  and  is  recog- 
nized as  such  far  beyond  the  boundaries  of  the  state  of  Kansas.  Its 
Farmers’  Short  Course  prepares  young  men  to  be  farmers  who  can  pro- 
duce larger  crps,  raise  better  livestock,  largely  eliminate  farm  wastes, 
better  combat  diseases  and  insects,  use  gas  engines,  automobiles  and 
farm  power  machinery  with  discretion  and  economy,  and  altogether  apply 
such  principles  to  farming  as  will  make  it  a remunerative  business  and 
permit  those  engaged  in  it  to  build  convenient,  attractive,  and  happy 
homes. 

The  completion  of  this  course  requires  two  terms  of  eight  weeks  each 
though  it  will  be  found  more  than  worth  while  to  attend  for  a single 
term  only. 


Scene  in  the  Stock  Judging  Pavilion  at  the  Close  of  the  Annual  Students’  Stock 
Judging  Contest 


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Kansas  State  Agricultural  College 


Four  Imported  Guernsey  Heifers  and  Herd  Sire. 

These  Guernseys  were  recently  purchased  by  the  Agricultural  College  for  foundation 
stock.  The  first  seven  dams  of  the  herd  sire  made  an  average  record  of  810  pounds  of 
butter  in  one  year. 


OUTLINE  OF  THE  FARMERS’  SHORT  COURSE. 


Required  subjects: 

Soil  Management 
Judging  Livestock 
Feeding  Livestock 
Farm  Horticulture 

Dairying  I 

Poultry  


FIRST  YEAR. 

f — Hours  per  week  of — — ^ 
Lectures  or  Laboratory  or 
recitations.  field  work. 

3 2 

1 4 

2 0 

2 2 

2 4 

1 0 


Total  . « 


Elective  subjects : 

Grain  Crops  3 2 

Forage  Crops  3 2 

Breeding  Livestock  2 0 

Livestock  Sanitation  3 0 

Gas  Engines  1 4 

Traction  Engines  0 4 

Carpentry  I or  Blacksmithing  1 0 4 

Farm  Field  Machinery 0 2 

Physical  Training  0 .2 

Special  Lectures  1 0 


SECOND  YEAR. 

Group  I. — Agricultural  Electives. 


(16  credit  hours  must  be  taken  in  this  group.) 

f — Hours  per  week  of N 

Lectures  or  Laboratory  or 
recitations.  field  work. 


Grain  Crops  3 2 

Forage  Crops  .' 3 2 

Breeding  Livestock  2 0 

Livestock  Sanitation  3 0 

Advanced  Stock  Judging 0 6 

Farm  Management  3 2 

Dairying  II  3 4 

Fruit  Growing  3 4 

Spraying  1 2 

Incubation  and  Brooding 0 6 

Market  Poultry  0 2 

Bee  Culture  2 2 

Farm  Insects  3 0 

Rural  Life  2 0 


Credit 

hours. 

4 

3 

2 

3 

4 
1 

17 


4 

4 

2 

3 

3 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 


Credit 

hours. 

4 

4 

2 

3 

3 

4 

5 
5 
2 
3 
1 
3 
3 
2 


Winter  Short  Courses. 


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SECOND  YEAR. 

Group  II. — 'Electives  in  Rural  Engineering. 

f — Hours  per  week  of — — ^ 
Lectures  or  Laboratory  or 
recitations.  field  work. 


Gas  Engines  and  Automobiles 0 4 

Gas  Engines  or  Traction  Engines! 0 4 

Practical  Electricity  2 0 

Carpentry  I or  Carpentry  II 0 4 

Blacksmithing  I or  Blacksmithing  II 0 4 

Power  Farming  Machinery 0 4 

Concrete  Construction  2 0 

Concrete  Construction  Laboratory 0 4 


EXPLANATION  OF  THE  COURSE. 


Credit 

hours. 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

v 2 
2 
2 


The  required  subjects  of  the  first  year  cover  the  elements  of  the  chief 
problems  of  farming  as  represented  on  the  average  Kansas  farm.  Be- 
sides the  required  work  the  student  selects  at  least  two  and  sometimes 
three  or  four  from  the  list  designated  “Elective  Subjects.”  In  selecting 
these  electives  he  chooses  work  to  meet  his  individual  interests  and  needs. 
If  he  is  especially  interested  in  crop  production  he  will  select  Grain 
Crops  and  Forage  Crops;  if  he  is  more  interested  in  livestock,  Livestock 
Breeding  and  Livestock  Sanitation;  or,  if  Carpentry,  Blacksmithing  or 
Farm  Field  Machinery  will  be  of  more  immediate  value  to  him,  he  selects 
these  subjects  first.  Many  farmers  of  to-day  are  interested  in  gas  en- 
gines and  not  a few  in  traction  engines.  Elementary  courses  are  pro- 
vided in  these  subjects  which  prepare  young  farmers  to  handle  gas  en- 
gines, automobiles,  and  farm  tractors  as  efficiently  and  economically  as 
they  handle  other  phases  of  farm  operations. 

Twenty-four  credit  hours  constitute  a regular  assignment.  To  com- 
plete the  first  year’s  work  the  student  must  complete  the  seventeen  credit 
hours  of  required  work  and  at  least  seven  credit  hours  from  elective  sub- 


Chart  Showing  Residence  of  Farmers’  Short  Course  Students,  1917. 


jects.  However,  as  many  as  nine  and  in  some  cases  ten  credit  hours  of 
electives  are  permitted  on  the  student’s  regular  assignment  if  he  demon- 
strates that  he  can  carry  it  and  do  good  work. 

Second-year  students  are  not  required  to  take  any  definite  list  of 
agricultural  subjects.  At  least  sixteen  credit  Jiours,  which  is  two-thirds 
of  their  regular  work  for  the  year,  must  be  selected  from  Group  I of  the 


Short  Course  Enrollment,  Winter,  1917. 

Farmers’  Short  Course 

Commercial  Creamery  Short  Course 

Traction  Engine  Short  Course 

Shop  Work  Short  Course 


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second  year’s  work.  They  may  select  all  the  rest  of  the  second  year’s 
work  from  this  same  group  if  they  desire,  or  they  may  select  it  from 
Group  II — subjects  in  Rural  Engineering — or  they  may  select  part  from 
Group  I and  part  from  Group  II.  This  provides  sufficient  liberty  on  the 
.part  of  the  second-year  students  to  allow  them  to  select  work  that  will 
be  most  profitable  to  them. 


Short  Course  students  at  the  Agricultural  College  have  the  reputation  of  being  an  am- 
bitious and  industrious  group.  Their  reports  of  the  benefits  derived  from  the  work  are 
the  best  advertisement  of  the  courses. 


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Kansas  State  Agricultural  College. 


Last  winter  228  young  farmers  were  enrolled  in  the  Farmers’  Short 
Course,  223  of  them  being  residents  of  Kansas.  Their  distribution  over- 
the  state  is  shown  on  the  map,  p.  7.  Since  this  work  is  peculiarly 
adapted  to  meet  the  needs  of  Kansas  farmers  in  the  present  world  crisis 
the  attendance  this  year  should  be  increased  rather  than  diminished.  As 
much  practical  work  is  crowded  into  eight  weeks  of  time  as  can  possibly 
be  assimilated  by  the  student.  No  better  opportunity  can  be  offered  to 
increase  the  efficiency  of  Kansas  farmers  who  can  spend  the  months  of 
January  and  February  away  from  home  than  is  provided  in  the  Farmers’ 
Short  Course. 

ADMISSION. 

Students  over  17  years  of  age  are  admitted  to  the  Farmers’  Short 
Course  without  examination.  However,  the  equivalent  of  at  least  a 
common-school  education  is  quite  necessary  for  successful  work  and 
further  school  training  is  advantageous.  Enrollment  day  is  Monday, 
January  7,  and  regular  class  work  begins  at  8 a.  m.,  Tuesday,  January  8. 
Students  are  required  to  be  present  at  the  beginning  of  the  term  and  will 
not  be  admitted  after  Monday,  January  14. 


THE  COMMERCIAL  CREAMERY  SHORT  COURSE. 

To  young  men  in  the  state  desiring  to  engage  in  the  creamery  busi- 
ness as  managers,  or  as  butter  or  cheese  makers,  or  for  those  who  desire 
to  engage  in  the  business  of  handling  market  milk  or  ice  cream  the  State 
Agricultural  College  offers  an  eight-week  course  of  technical  training 
along  these  lines. 

The  following  outline  indicates  the  nature  of  the  work  given  and  the 
time  each  week  spent  on  the  different  subjects. 

OUTLINE  OF  THE  COMMERCIAL  CREAMERY  SHORT  COURSE. 


( — Hours  per  week  of ^ 

Lectures  or  Laboratory  Credit 

recitations.  work.  hours. 


Creamery  Management  2 0 

Creamery  Butter  Making 4 8 

Market  Milk  2 0 

Dairy  Bacteriology  2 0 

Cheese  and  Ice  Cream  Making 1 6 

Judging  Dairy  Products 0 2 

Dairying  II  3 4 

Dairy  Mechanics  and  Refrigeration 0 4 


2 

8 

2 

2 

4 
1 

5 
2 


The  requirements  and  regulations  regarding  admission  are  the  same 
for  this  course  as  for  the  Farmers’  Short  Course. 


If  interested  write  for  further  information. 


Winter  Short  Courses. 


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Class  in  Traction  Engines. 

Different  types  of  gasoline,  kerosene  and  steam  traction  engines  are  studied  as  to  their 
construction,  operation  and  care. 

THE  SHORT  COURSES  IN  TRACTION  ENGINES  AND 

SHOP  WORK. 

The  most  striking  progress  of  the  last  decade  has  been  the  increase  in 
the  use  of  traction  engines,  motor  cars,  and  power  machinery.  In  fact, 
the  use  of  such  machines  has  increased  much  faster  than  the  supply  of 
men  skilled  in  their  handling  and  repair.  To  provide  mechanics  to  meet 
this  demand  the  short  course  in  traction  engines  and  the  short  course  in 
shop  work  were  organized  at  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College. 
The  present  monstrous  world  war  not  only  increases  the  demand  for 
traction-engine  operators  and  mechanics  in  the  trades  but  makes  it  an 
opportunity  for  young  men  with  mechanical  aptitude  and  ability  to  better 
do  their  part  by  making  the  greatest  possible  preparation  for  such  work. 
These  short  courses  are  not  intended  to  take  the  place  of  or  to  supple- 
ment the  work  done  in  any  of  the  four-year  professional  engineering 
courses  but  are  planned  especially  for  men  who  want  direct,  practical 
and  short-cut  preparation  for  the  operation  of  traction  engines  or  for 
work  in  the  trades  as  mechanics.  The  course  in  traction  engines  in- 
cludes instruction  in  the  handling  and  repair  of  traction  engines.  The 
course  in  shop  work  is  designed  for  those  who  wish  to  gain  a working 
knowledge  of  general  repair  shop  practices,  and  includes  instruction  in 
blacksmithing,  the  foundry,  the  machine  shop,  carpentry,  and  wood  turn- 
ing. 

These  courses  have  proved  a complete  success  during  the  past  three 
years.  The  steadily  increasing  enrollment  indicates  that  such  courses, 
open  to  those  who  have  not  the  preparation,  the  time,  or  the  means  to 
pursue  one  of  the  regular  professional  courses  in  engineering,  are  filling 


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Kansas  State  Agricultural  College. 


A Corner  of  the  Gas  Engine  Laboratory. 

Thirty  engines  for  operation  on  gasoline,  kerosene  and  other  petroleum  fuels 
are  provided  for  the  instruction  of  the  students. 


a well-defined  demand.  Many  young  men  who  have  completed  these 
courses  are  now  handling  traction  engines  on  farms  or  are  in  the  em- 
ploy of  farm  machinery  concerns  as  demonstrators,  repair  men  or  field 
experts. 

Engineering  equipment  valued  at  one-quarter  million  dollars  is  avail- 
able for  inspection  and  use  of  students  pursuing  these  short  courses  at 
the  Agricultural  College.  About  30  different  types  of  gas  engines,  12 


Class  in  Blacksmithing. 

Forty-seven  down-draft  forges,  a steam  hammer,  gas  furnaces,  tire  benders,  a 
punch  and  shear  and  other  necessary  tools  are  available  for  the  teaching  of  black- 
smithing. 


Winter  Short  Courses . 


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steam  engines  with  various  valve  gears,  and  10  to  20  traction  engines 
are  available  for  instruction  and  practice  in  engine  operation.  The  shops 
are  equipped  with  different  types  of  lathes,  milling  machines,  shapers, 
drills,  forges,  cupolas,  and  woodwork  machinery. 

OUTLINE  OF  THE  TRACTION  ENGINE  SHORT  COURSE. 


FIRST  YEAR. 


Required  subjects : 

Gas  Engines  . 

Gas  Traction  Engines  I 

Power  Farming  Machinery 

Blacksmithing  I 

Mechanical  Drawing  I 

Machine  Shop  Work  I 

Iron  and  Steel 

Special  Lectures  

Elective  subjects : 

Steam  Traction  Engines  I 

Foundry  Work  I 

Concrete  Construction  

Livestock  

(A  few  other  elective^  will  also  be  provided.) 


f — Hours  per  week  of — — N 
Lectures  or  Laboratory 

recitations.  work. 


1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

1 


4 

8 

4 

4 

4 

4 

0 

0 


SECOND  YEAR. 


Credit 

hours. 

Q 

5 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

4 

2 

4 

3 


(This  second  year’s  work  is  provided  for  students  who  have  completed  the  first  year’s 
work  and  who  wish  to  gain  advanced  knowledge  and  greater  skill  in  the  handling  and 
repair  of  gas  engines,  traction  engines,  and  automobiles.) 


Hours  per  week  of — 


Lectures  or 

Laboratory 

Required  subjects: 

recitations. 

work. 

Gas  Engines  and  Automobiles 

0 

8 

Gas  Traction  Engines  II 

0 

8 

Blacksmithing  IT  

0 . 

4 

Machine  Shop  II  and  III 

8 

Carburetion  and  Ignition 

4 

0 

Credit 

hours. 

4 

4 

2 

4 

4 


Elective  subjects : 

(Besides  the  required  subjects,  additional  work  is  provided  in  steam  traction  engines, 
machine  shop  work,  mechanical  drawing,  blacksmithing,  carpentry,  and  concrete  construc- 
tion. The  student  must  select  at  least  one  of  these  advanced  subjects.) 


Class  in  Machine  Shop  Work. 

The  machine  shop  is  equipped  with  a great  variety  of  lathes,  shapers,  grinders, 
milling  machines,  planers,  drill  presses  and  other  machine  tools  required  for  thorough 
instruction  in  machine-shop  practice. 


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Kansas  State  Agricultural  College. 


Gas  Engine  and  Wood  Lathe  Assembly  Floor. 

All  patterns,  castings,  and  forgings  for  these  machines  are  made,  and  all  machine 
work  is  done  by  students  in  the  College  shops. 


EXPLANATION  OF  THE  COURSE. 

This  course  is  intended  for  traction-engine  operators  and  others  who 
wish  to  gain  a practical  working  knowledge  of  stationary  and  traction 
steam  and  gas  engines. 

The  study  of  gas  engines,  automobiles,  gas  traction  engines,  and  steam 
traction  engines  includes  valve  setting,  a thorough  study  of  all  funda- 
mental parts,  repairs,  care,  operation,  and  management.  Practice  is 
provided  with  many  different  makes  of  stationary  and  traction  engines, 
including  not  only  laboratory  work  but  road  and  field  operation  and 
testing. 

In  order  to  aid  the  student  in  making  repairs,  instruction  is  given  in 
machine-shop  work,  blacksmithing,  and  in  the  handling  of  iron  and  steel. 
The  work  in  machine  shop  includes  practice  in  chipping,  filing,  drilling, 
babbitting  and  adjusting  bearings,  and  in  making  general  repairs  of  tools 
and  machinery.  Practice  is  also  given  in  cutting  and  fitting  pipe  and  in 
such  operations  as  soldering,  brazing,  and  belt  lacing.  In  the  blacksmith 
shop  exercises  are  given  in  drawing,  up-setting,  bending,  twisting,  punch- 
ing, and  welding  of  iron  and  steel.  Practice  is  also  given  in  hardening 
and  tempering  tool  steel.  The  manufacture  of  iron  and  steel  is  ex- 
plained by  means  of  lectures  so  that  the  materials  which  are  so  largely 
used  in  the  construction  of  machinery  may  be  better  understood  and 
more  intelligently  used. 

In  order  that  the  student  will  understand  how  to  make  sketches  and 
to  read  drawings,  four  hours  per  week  of  drafting-room  practice  is  re- 
quired. 

ADMISSION. 

Students  over  seventeen  years  of  age  are  admitted  to  the  Traction 
Engine  Short  Course  without  examination  but  they  are  expected  to  pre- 
sent evidence  of  a fair  common-school  education.  Enrollment  day  is 


Winter  Short  Courses . 


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Monday,  January  7.  Regular  class  work  begins  at  8 a.  m.,  Tuesday,  Jan- 
uary 8.  Students  are  required  to  be  present  at  the  beginning  of  the 
term  and  will  not  be  admitted  after  Monday,  January  14. 


OUTLINE  OF  THE  SHOP  WORK  SHORT  COURSE. 


FIRST  YEAR. 

, — Hours  per  week  of x 

Lectures  or  Laboratory 


Required  subjects : recitations.  work. 

Blacksmithing  I and  II 0 8 

Foundry  Work  0 4 

Machine  Shop  Work  I,  II  and  III 0 12 

Carpentry  I 0 4 

Gas  Engines  1 4 

Mechanical  Drawing  1 0 4 

Iron  and  Steel 1 0 

Special  Lectures  1 0 


Credit 

hours. 

4 

2 

6 

2 

3 

2 

1 

1 


Elective  subjects : 

(The  student  will  select  one  of  the  following  subjects:  Machine  Shop  Work  IV,  Car- 
pentry II,  Traction  Engines,  Concrete  Construction  or  Power  Farming  Machinery.) 


SECOND  YEAR. 


, — Hours  per  week  of N 

Lectures  or  Laboratory 

Credit 

Required  subjects : 

recitations. 

work. 

hours. 

Blacksmithing  III  

0 

4 

2 

Foundry  Work  II. 

0 

4 

2 

Machine  Shop  IV  and  V 

0 

8 

4 

Pattern  Work  

0 

4 

2 

Gas  Engines  and  Automobiles 

0 

8 

4 

Mechanical  Drawing  II 

Elective  subjects : 

0 

4 

2 

(The  student  will  select  at  least  one  of  the  following  subjects:  Traction  Engines, 
Concrete  Construction,  Electricity,  Machine  Shop  VI,  Blacksmithing  IV,  Carpentry  II 
or  III. 


Shop  Work  Short  Course  students  are  urged  to  bring  their  own  plow- 
shares, cultivator  shovels  and  any  other  implements  or  tools  needing 
pointing  or  repairing.  The  course  leads  the  student  through  the  doing  of 
actual  shop  work  to  the  grasp  of  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  re- 
pair shop  or  factory. 

The  requirements  and  regulations  regarding  admission  are  the  same 
for  this  course  as  for  the  Traction  Engine  Short  Course. 


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THE  SHORT  COURSE  IN  ROAD  BUILDING. 

This  course  is  designed  for  county  engineers  and  surveyors.  Appli- 
cants must,  therefore,  possess  a working  knowledge  of  algebra,  geometry, 
trigonometry,  and  physics.  Those  who  contemplate  taking  the  course 
should  write  at  once  to  the  Department  of  Civil  and  Highway  Engineer- 
ing and  ask  to  be  enrolled.  Should  less  than  twelve  enroll  the  course  can 
not  be  given, 


OUTLINE  OF  THE  SHORT  COURSE  IN  ROAD  BUILDING. 


, — Hours  per  week  of — — s 

Lectures  or 

Laboratory 

. Credit 

recitations. 

work. 

hours. 

Surveying  

4 

4 

Highway  Engineering  

0 

3 

Road  Machinery  and  Materials 

0 

6 

3 

Bridge  and  Culvert  Construction 

3 

4 

5 

Concrete  Construction  

4 

4 

Mechanical  Drawing  I 

0 

4 

o 

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Kansas  State  Agricultural  College. 


GENERAL  INFORMATION  REGARDING  WINTER 
SHORT  COURSES. 

COLLEGE  OPPORTUNITIES. 

The  opportunities  of  short-course  students  can  not  be  enumerated  in  a 
brief  announcement.  In  the  big  gymnasium  many  indoor  games  and 
sports  are  provided.  A swim  in  the  pool  and  a refreshing  shower  bath 
are  features  of  health  as  well  as  recreation.  The  Music  Department 
offers  opportunity  for  training  in  singing  or  playing  on  the  instrument 
of  the  student’s  choice.  Literary  societies  are  interesting  and  helpful. 
Many  other  departments  of  the  institution  will  be  offering  work  that  will 
appeal  to  short-course  students.  In  fact,  sixteen  weeks  or  even  eight 
weeks  of  association  with  a large  group  of  Kansas  young  people  living 
in  the  midst  of  college  opportunities  and  all  interested  in  preparation 
for  lives  of  the  greatest  possible  usefulness,  is  in  itself  stimulating  and 
worth  while  to  any  red-blooded  young  man  in  the  State. 

CERTIFICATES. 

On  the  completion  of  the  two-years  work  (48  credit  hours)  of  the 
Farmers’  Short  Course  the  student  will  be  issued  a certificate  in  Agri- 
culture. On  completion  of  the  eight  weeks’  work  in  the  Commercial 
Creamery  Short  Course  a certificate  in  the  Creamery  Short  Course  will 
be  issued  providing  the  student  can  also  show  satisfactory  evidence  of 
having  spent  at  least  six  months  successfully  in  actual  work  in  a cream- 
ery. (Students  without  this  practical  experience  may  acquire  it  after 
completing  the  course.  They  will  then  receive  their  certificates.)  Stu- 
dents satisfactorily  completing  the  16  weeks  of  work  in  the  Traction 
Engine  Short  Course  will  be  issued  a certificate  in  Traction  Engines  and 
those  successfully  completing  the  16  weeks  work  in  the  Shop  Work 
Short  Course  will  be  issued  a certificate  in  Shop  Work. 

SELF-SUPPORT. 

All  short  courses  are  primarily  practical.  They  bring  the  student  in 
contact  with  actual  operations  on  the  farm  or  in  the  shop.  Besides  the 
classroom  work  many  hours  each  week  are  spent  in  the  field,  laboratory 
or  shop.  Altogether,  this  leaves  the  student  little  time  for  outside  labor. 
Short-course  students  are,  therefore,  advised  to  come  provided  with  as 
nearly  all  the  necessary  funds  for  the  term  as  possible. 

EXPENSES. 

An  incidental  fee  of  $3  for  the  term  of  eight  weeks  is  charged  and  a 
sick  benefit  fee  of  fifty  cents.  Laboratory  charges  are  made  to  cover 
cost  of  materials  used  and  broken.  These  need  not  exceed  $10  and  for 
most  students,  especially  for  students  in  agriculture,  will  be  about  $5. 
Textbooks  and  classroom  supplies  need  not  cost  over  $10. 

Board  and  room  can  be  obtained  at  as  reasonable  prices  in  Manhattan 
as  at  any  other  place  in  this  section  of  the  country.  Good  board  can  be 
secured  for  $4.50  to  $5  per  week.  A good  room  accommodating  two 
students  can  be  rented  for  $12  per  month.  The  total  expenses  for  eight 
weeks  need  not  exceed  $80,  exclusive  of  railroad  fare. 

For  further  information  write  to  H.  J.  Waters,  President,  Box  R, 
Manhattan,  Kansas. 


FARM  AND  HOME  WEEK, 


KANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  1918, 
JANUARY  21  TO  26,  INCLUSIVE. 


Some  Features  of  Interest: 

1.  Lectures  dealing  with  our  part  in  the  world  war,  by  national 
leaders. 

2.  Courses,  lectures  and  demonstrations  for  men  and  women  in  agri- 
culture, home  economics  and  rural  engineering. 

3.  Meetings  of  state  associations  of  horse  breeders,  beef  producers, 
dairymen,  sheep  breeders,  swine  breeders,  poultry  producers,  and  the 
state  association  for  crop  improvement. 

4.  Conferences  on  rural  life  and  rural  organization  and  leadership  of 
special  interest  to  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  members  of  the  Farmers’ 
Union,  farm  bureaus,  institutes,  other  farmers’  organizations,  the  church, 
and  every  one  dealing  with  organized  country  life. 

5.  Round-up  of  exhibits  by  winners  in  the  state-wide  boys’  and  girls’ 
club  and  contest  work;  more  than  $600  in  cash  premiums. 

6.  Special  programs  for  boys  and  girls. 

7.  Conferences  for  officers  of  farm  bureaus,  county  agents,  farm  and 
home  institutes,  and  home-makers’  clubs. 

8.  Musical  programs  by  college  glee  clubs,  orchestra,  band,  and  mem- 
bers of  the  Department  of  Music. 

Many  of  the  programs,  exhibits,  and  demonstrations  will  be  of  special 
value  to  the  short-course  students.  The  week  also  offers  a splendid 
opportunity  for  parents  to  visit  sons  and  daughters  in  the  Agricultural 
College. 

For  further  information  write  to  H.  J.  Waters,  President,  Box  R, 
Manhattan,  Kans. 


